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Quotation for Isaiah 61:3

לָשׂ֣וּם ׀ לַאֲבֵלֵ֣י צִיּ֗וֹן לָתֵת֩ לָהֶ֨ם פְּאֵ֜ר תַּ֣חַת אֵ֗פֶר שֶׁ֤מֶן שָׂשׂוֹן֙ תַּ֣חַת אֵ֔בֶל מַעֲטֵ֣ה תְהִלָּ֔ה תַּ֖חַת ר֣וּחַ כֵּהָ֑ה וְקֹרָ֤א לָהֶם֙ אֵילֵ֣י הַצֶּ֔דֶק מַטַּ֥ע יְהוָ֖ה לְהִתְפָּאֵֽר׃

To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, To give unto them a garland for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The mantle of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they might be called terebinths of righteousness, The planting of the LORD, wherein He might glory.

Shulchan Arukh, Even HaEzer

One needs to place ashes on the head of the bridegroom in the place where the tefillin sit in memory of the mourning of Jerusalem. As it says (Isiah 61:3) "To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, To give unto them a garland for ashes". Rem"a: There are place where is it customary to break a glass after the sheva brachot [the blessing that make up erusin], and this is the tradition in our lands that the bridegroom breaks the utensil on which the blessings of erusin were said. Every place goes according to its traditions. There is also a tradition to fast. See also (siman 61). For the law of throwing food before the bride and bridegroom, see (Shulchan aruch, Orach Chayyim, 171).
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